§ 200-243.1. Billboards.

Billboards are permitted as a conditional use in the B-2 Business and ROM-1 Research Office and Manufacturing Zones, subject to the following conditions:

A. 

Not more than one billboard structure containing not more than two advertising faces shall be constructed on any lot. The resulting billboard shall be one single- or double-faced sign.

B. 

Such billboard structure shall only be permitted on the following parcels as designated on the West Windsor tax rolls:

(1) 

Block 7.13, Lot 47.

(2) 

Block 86, Lot 11.

(3) 

Block 8, Lot 7 and Block 7, Lot 16.01, and such areas of State Highway Route 1 that may become part of these two lots.

C. 

Billboard use as permitted on the parcels identified above shall not be subject to any minimum lot size or leasable area requirement; however, those lots shall not be further subdivided unless in accordance with the applicable zoning requirements for the zone or as modified herein.

D. 

Each billboard shall be supported by a steel monopole and shall have dimensions not greater than 14 feet (vertical) and 48 feet (horizontal) with no advertising face greater than 672 total square feet. In no event shall any billboard exceed the height limits given in Subsection E below.

E. 

The top of a permitted billboard shall not exceed the following heights as measured from the adjacent grade of U.S. Route 1:

(1) 

Block 8, Lot 7: 30 feet.

(2) 

Block 7.13, Lot 47: 32 feet.

(3) 

Block 86, Lot 11: 30 feet.

(4) 

Block 7, Lot 16.01: 35 feet.

F. 

In addition, there shall be a distance of not less than 12 feet from grade to the bottom support of a billboard so as to provide a site distance underneath the billboard.

G. 

A billboard may be developed on one of the lots identified in Subsection B in conjunction with any other use which may be permitted on the same lot. Such other use shall be developed in accordance with the use and bulk provisions of the related zone or as modified in this section. The distance of any billboard to any building shall not be less than the height of the billboard, and in no case shall it be less than 30 feet.

H. 

No billboard shall be sited in a manner that results in the crossing of any existing or proposed right-of-way or existing property line. Also, all portions of any proposed billboard structure shall be located within 100 feet of the proposed U.S. Route 1 right-of-way in existence at the time of this section.

I. 

No new billboards may be constructed on Block 86, Lot 11, prior to the removal of billboards existing as of the date of this section at that site.

J. 

The construction of any new billboard shall include landscaping provided at and around the base of the structure that shall be approved by the Township Landscape Architect.

K. 

Billboards shall not contain moving, flashing or intermittently illuminated elements. Billboard illumination shall be shielded to prevent glare and focus on sign faces only.

L. 

The application for any billboard shall be required to be submitted as a minor site plan, as well as for conditional use approval.

Added 5-1-2000 by Ord. No. 2000-07